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Modelling the air transport with complex networks: A short review

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Air transport is a key infrastructure of modern societies. In this paper we review some recent approaches to air transport, which make extensive use of theory of complex networks. We discuss possible networks that can be defined for the air transport and we focus our attention to networks of airports connected by flights. We review several papers investigating the topology of these networks and their dynamics for time scales ranging from years to intraday intervals, and consider also the resilience properties of air networks to extreme events. Finally we discuss the results of some recent papers investigating the dynamics on air transport network, with emphasis on passengers traveling in the network and epidemic spreading.

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  1. Innaxis Foundation & Research Institute, José Ortega y Gasset 20, 28006, Madrid, Spain

    Massimiliano Zanin

  2. Centre for Biomedical Technology, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Pozuelo de Alarcón, 28223, Madrid, Spain

    Massimiliano Zanin

  3. Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

    Massimiliano Zanin

  4. Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, 56126, Pisa, Italy

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  5. Dipartimento di Fisica, viale delle Scienze, 90128, Palermo, Italy

    Fabrizio Lillo

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Zanin, M., Lillo, F. Modelling the air transport with complex networks: A short review. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 215, 5–21 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2013-01711-9

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